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Blab Blab Blab: Eli Roth Hearts Twitter!
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"I just joined Twitter! It's a good way to start rumors and dispel them at the same time, so I'm really enjoying it."
—Hostel director and Inglourious Basterds star Eli Roth at the Spike TV Scream Awards. We may have lost Miley Cyrus and Courtney Love from the Twitterverse, but gaining one helluva cute Bear Jew like Eli more than makes up for their absence
Who else should get their butts on Twitter, babes? Besides, of course, Robsten—the Twilight tweets will have to be good enough for now, dammit.
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Hey, we were right (like usual)! Twitter really is in jeopardy for celebs. Well, at least for some of the web's biggest offenders:
Blog monsters Miley Cyrus, Lily Allen and Courtney Love have all stopped Tweeting. But how will they entertain us if not for their Internet ramblings? Through their music? Oh dear god, no!
But not all is lost in the Twitterverse, cause Miley, Lily and Court's departure from the social networking site left open some gaps open for other celebs to fill. Fans petitioned to get outlandish 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan on Twitter, and boom! He got on just like that. (The demand sure was high—TM's been Tweeting for less than a week and he's already got 40,000 followers.)
You know what that means, right folks?
Is Twitter Totally Over for Celebs?
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Twitter may be the perfect way to find out what your fave celebs are eating for lunch—or to get a quick peek at Demi Moore's ass, thanks to hubby Ashton. But is the fun social network device now getting to be more trouble than it's worth?
Hung's Jane Adams (a doll we totally love) was caught dine-and-dashing at Barney Greengrass restaurant recently, via her stilted waiter's Twitter account. Tsk-tsk, babe!
She had her rep go back to the eatery and pay the bill the next day, but the deal had already been tweeted online.
Adams, at least, had less to worry about than the angry server, who ended up being fired for tweet-bitching about the incident (in addition to providing reports on other celebrities he's served).
But that may be just the beginning of Twitter backlash...
Morning Piss: Miley's Tweeting On Our Nerves
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Choosing to follow someone on Twitter is probably the least-difficult way to keep in touch in a crazy-ass digital age. Unfortunately, it's also one of the most damn annoying ones, too. And this morning, nothing is more annoying than having to read another celebrity's emotional, pseudo-poignant, gimmicky tweets.
Can you guess who we're talking about?
It's pole-humper Miley Cyrus, that's who! Every day we're forced (by the laws of Tweethood, of course) to read about the ups and downs of Miley's dazzlingly uninteresting personal life. And the worst part is, she's actually annoyed at us for reading about it!
One day she's writing an overly emotional tweet like, "Why do I continue to torture myself?" 'Natch, we get concerned. Then it's, "I do not have a new boyfriend in GA! I'd HATE for me to happy and make new friends! Stop accusing me of stuff! Its getting old people!"
Get a grip, MiCy!
Few celebrities are as infuriating with their tweets as I-don't-want-attention-but-check-out-this-stripper-pole-move Miley.
If Miley wasn't allowed near the computer, we wouldn't think she's nearly as ditzy or oozing with adolescence as her Twitter makes her sound.
And fun fact about Princess Cyrus' page: Among the 55 folks she follows are Dolly Parton, David Blaine, and They-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named (think overly blond coifs, both of 'em). Um, WTF, Miley?! Oh, and when a celeb starts tweeting about tweeting, then you know something's totally wrong.
Shame on you, Ashton—look what you've wrought upon us.
Tom Green and Lindsay Lohan: Hacked...or Liars?
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All you Tom Green fans out there—and we were made aware that there's a ton of you out there—are apparently resting easy, since reports of Green's death this week are untrue. Tom, 'course, took to his blog to deny he had any part of this rumor, and we sure hope T.G.'s telling the truth that he had nothing to do with this badly timed fib.
We'll give Tom the benefit of the doubt on this one, since he def strikes us as the type of guy who wants full credit for his unfunny pranking, even if it's absolutely atrocious. We may not be big fans of Green's, but good to hear he's still alive!
But if he is lying...
Liz Taylor Is on Twitter, So Deal
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Two weeks ago, you could have told us that Dame Elizabeth Taylor had a Twitter and we (or our 19-year-old intern, at least) might have made some cracks about her age and her ability to actually understand the site. We might have wondered why someone like Liz Taylor needed to be on Twitter, or speculated as to who might be following her.
Twelve days and one King of Pop death later, the media is reporting on Liz's tweets and using them as her publicly released statements on Michael Jackson's demise.
In response to questions about Liz's attendance at the Staples Center memorial, her rep actually directed E! News to Dame Elizabeth's Twitter! To think that this septuagenarian's public commentary now comes in the form of tweets? All of a sudden everyone wants to pay some attention to the legendary diva, and she's abruptly relevant again.
Not so funny to make fun of her anymore then, is it?
No One Wins a Twitter War
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When did Twitter become the equivalent of a friggin' schoolyard playground, us included? Celebs left and right are vying for followers to feed their insatiable egos in the biggest popularity contest on the Net. Let's blame Ashton Kutcher for starting this whole contest when he beat CNN to the Twitter punch, raking in more people interested in his eating habits or Demi Moore ass shots than what's going on in Iraq and beyond. (We're interested in both worldly issues and Dem's ass, thank you very much.)
This is basically a virtual who's got the bigger package challenge that won't stop until every last person on the planet is made aware of what each celeb's doing at any given moment. Too bad the celebs we really wanna know about—Robsten, especially—allegedly don't Twitter!
However, there is one tweeting New Moon dude in desperate need of your help…
John Mayer's Women Are Like His Tweets—Annoying
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Jennifer Aniston may pick terrible men, but ex John Mayer is no better in the love department. Mayer just can't help but rebound with dumb, skanky girls. Take his most recent conquest, Scheana Marie. You know, the cocktail waitress/aspiring actress (she was in a JoBros' music vid, after all) who gives daily interviews saying how she just "hung out" with J.M. for a while.
Well, Scheana now tells E! she has no hard feelings for her ex-"friend."
"I think he's just trying to get on his feet after the breakup [with Aniston], work on the new album, and he's a really talented guy," she says. "He's got a lot going for him, so good luck with all of that."
Gosh, John sure knows how to choose 'em. You would think this media chatterbox would be the perf fit for Mayer, but even she outdoes him. Could it be karma for John befriending the paps and running his mouth during the Mayerston days?
Why Robsten Makes Perfect Sense
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We told you last week how Kristen's "official" MySpace most definitely is not K. Stew. Her rep claims she doesn't even have one (at least one you all can get to), and also added that Stewart doesn't have a Twitter, either.
Sorry, everybody, shocking and a letdown, we know. Could this possibly be true?
Regardless, it all kinda makes sense, because when we chatted with Kristen recently, she dished 'bout how technology makes things that much more complicated in her life.
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, texting—it all blows, and it allows you to be too dependent and connected, Kristen complained.
She had more to say:
Hey, Celebs—Be Careful What You Tweet!
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Hell froze over, hons! Someone actually deciphered something Courtney Love was saying on her Twitter account (lord knows we've tried—and failed), and now the weird, warbling babe is getting sued.
Designer Dawn Simorangkir of Boudoir Queen is suing CL for defamation and a bunch of nasty-ass distress for Court angrily tweeting about getting billed for custom clothes. Love's Twitter mess comes right after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined $25,000 by the NBA for bitch-tweeting about how his team was poorly refereed during a game.
What's next? Getting arrested for "poking" someone on Facebook? Or Jennifer Aniston's dumped bitch, John Mayer…